Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: MOTM

Well, I finally resigned myself to total up the assembled backlog as of today. Yep, it's over 100
modules. That's an all-time high. I probably sold 100 assembled modules in 3 years before this
year. Currently, I am soldering 10 '440 pcbs (all 10 spoken for), to be followed by 8 '310s, then
(gasp) 10 '300s. And that's HALF of the '300s on order.

So, kit shipments have slowed down quite a bit over the last 3 weeks, and will continue to do so
until after the July 4th holiday (this sounds like a stock market report).

I am slow and methodical in the assembled modules. I want every one 100% perfect. The only person
slower than me is Stooge Larry, who gets each resistor tested by Bell Labs :) However, IMHO, I
build a mean motor scooter.

Also, for the newbies out there, this is a ∗hobby∗. This is NOT what I "do for a living".
Besides, I can only solder 3 times a day in 2-hour shifts, else the brain turns to oatmeal. I can
kit in a 3-hour shift before the eyes blur out.

So, keep waiting, and pester me occasionally. I DO ship stuff out, about 15 modules per week. I
DO forget things, so if something is messed up, hammer away. BTW: counting the total backlog,
MOTM is slightly over 3500 modules. Not shabby, and 53% of the total Moog modular shipments (over
a 13 year period).

The '490 PCBs arrived (finally!) and tomorrow afternoon, I'm building 2 "golden queen" samples. 1
is for a review system (Mix Magazine), the other goes to Eric C. for loaning me his 904A Moog
filter (I didn't say ∗free∗, he just gets the first one. Actually, Joe Walsh has a prototype
filter in his unit).

Before I start kitting up the '490, I am going to kit up some more '800s and finish up the '420
kits. I might also kit a few (say 12) '410 kits, since I have been out since March.

Well, that's it for now. Somewhere in there, I have to work on the '190 dual VCA to replace the
'110, finish the '130 and work on the 500 Series. At least I'm not twiddling my thumbs :)

Paul S.